{"nrhp_refnum":"10000189","name":"Grant Deming's Forest Hill Allotment Historic District","other_names":["Boulevard Land &amp","Building Co. Forest Hill Subdivision","Cleveland Heights Realty Co. Forest Hill Subdivision No. 2"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Woodward Ave, Lincoln Blvd, Edgehill Rd, Parkway Dr, Redwood Rd,.....","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland Heights","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50481833750004,"lon":-81.57286988017793,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 194 acres in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, developed by Grant W. Deming and opened in June 1909 as the Forest Hill Allotment. It contains 1,052 contributing and 192 noncontributing buildings.","why_significant":"The district reflects early American suburban planning and the early suburban expansion of Cleveland, with a curvilinear street plan and a mix of homeowners and renters. It also holds houses in popular early twentieth-century styles, including work by prominent Cleveland architects, local builders and mail-order catalog companies.","narrative":"Forest Hill is a neighborhood of about 194 acres in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, laid out by developer Grant W. Deming and opened in June 1909 near the Euclid Heights Boulevard streetcar line. Its plats were recorded between 1910 and 1911. Curving streets in the western part give way to a grid in the east, and Washington Boulevard was planned as a grand boulevard with a grass median. Though promoted as exclusive, the area quickly gained varied housing: architect-designed houses, builder-designed homes, catalog kit homes and two-family houses. Styles include Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Prairie, Italian Renaissance and Neoclassical Revival. Firms such as Meade and Hamilton and Hubbell and Benes, along with Arthur Oviatt and J. Milton Dyer, designed homes here. The district was listed for its role in early suburban planning around Cleveland and for its architecture. Most buildings date from 1910 to 1928, and the period of significance runs from 1909 to 1941. Remnants of wooded ravines remain from the earlier landscape.","period_of_significance":"1909-1941","architect_builder":"Meade & Hamilton, J. Milton Dyer, Hubbell & Benes, Arthur N. Oviatt, George H. Burrows, Arthur Emil Keller, Herman W. Maurer, Steffens & Steffens, Knox & Elliot, Reynold H. Hinsdale, Harlen E. Shimmin, George Bolmeyer, Alexander C. Wolf, Harry L. Porter, Fred Burke, Joseph Eden, W. W. Jepson, Biagio Bertalone, H. L. Benz & Co., Tramer Realty Co., Treuhaft Construction Co.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Shingle Style; Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance, Neoclassical Revival); Late 19th & 20th Century American Movements (Prairie School, Bungalow/Craftsman)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are listed as single and multiple dwellings, secondary structures, a library and a natural feature. Original tree lawns remain, and some original bluestone sidewalks survive.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.797609-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000189.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987602","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/grant-demings-forest-hill-allotment-historic-district-10000189/"}